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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and
STATE OF FLORIDA,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC., and
ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES, INC.,

Defendants.

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Civil No: 1:03CV02076

DECK TYPE: Antitrust

JUDGE: James Robertson

FILED: October 14, 2003

UNITED STATES'S EXPLANATION OF CONSENT DECREE PROCEDURES

The United States submits this short memorandum summarizing the procedures regarding the
Court's entry of the proposed Final Judgment. This Judgment would settle this case pursuant to
the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § § 16(b)-(h) (the "APPA"), which applies
to civil antitrust cases brought and settled by the United States.

1. Today, the United States has filed a Complaint, a proposed Final Judgment, and a
Hold Separate Stipulation and Order between the parties by which they have agreed that the
Court may enter the proposed Final Judgment after the United States has complied with the
APPA. The United States will soon file a Competitive Impact Statement relating to the
proposed Judgment.

2. The APPA requires that the United States publish the proposed Final Judgment
and the Competitive Impact Statement in the Federal Register and in certain newspapers at least
60 days prior to entry of the proposed Final Judgment. The notice will inform members of the
public that they may submit comments about the proposed Final Judgment to the United States
Department of Justice, Antitrust Division [15 U.S.C. §§ 16(b)-(c)].

3. During the sixty-day period, the United States will consider, and at the close of that
period respond to, any comments that it has received, and it will publish the comments and the
United States's responses in the Federal Register .

4. After the expiration of the sixty-day period, the United States will file with the
Court the comments and the United States's responses, and it may ask the Court to enter the
proposed Final Judgment (unless the United States has decided to withdraw its consent to entry
of the Judgment, as permitted by Paragraph 2 of the Hold Separate Stipulation and Order) [see 15
U.S.C. § 16(d)].

5. If the United States requests that the Court enter the proposed Final Judgment after
compliance with the APPA, 15 U.S.C. §§ 16(e)-(f), then the Court may enter the Judgment
without a hearing, provided that it concludes that the Final Judgment is in the public interest.